DESCRIPTION OF THE FRONTISPIECE, ILLUSTRATING THE 
UNION OF IRELAND WITH GREAT BRITAIN. 
UNDER THE TUTELARY SHADE OF HER NATIVE OAK, BRITANNIA, ADORNED WITH 
HER USUAL ATTRIBUTES, TAKES HIBERNIA BY THE HAND, IN TOKEN OF SINCERE 
FRIENDSHIP, AND SOLEMNLY CONFIRMS THE ACT OF UNION. ON ONE SIDE, UNDER 
THE BUST OF HIS PRESENT MAJESTY, IS A MEDALLION, REPRESENTING THE HEAD 
OF THE GREAT STATESMAN WHO ACHIEVED THE UNION OF THE TWO KINGDOMS; 
AND, BENEATH, THE ROSE AND SHAMROCK ARE SEEN FLOURISHING TOGETHER. ON 
THE OTHER SIDE ARE DEPOSITED THE EMBLEMS OF ROYALTY, JUSTICE, AND LEGIS¬ 
LATION, WITH THE IRISH HARP IN BAS-RELIEF. ON THE FORE-GROUND, AT THE 
FEET OF BRITANNIA AND HIBERNIA, IS THE CORNUCOPIA, SPREADING PLENTY OVER 
THE UNITED KINGDOM. 
